FORBIDDEN BEST-SELLERS OF PRE-REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE

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Summary

Robert Darnton's work is one of the main reasons that cultural history has become an exciting study central to our understanding of the past.

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List of Tables, Maps, and Figures
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Forbidden Literature and the Literary Market
Philosophy Under the Cloak	p. 3
Best-Sellers	p. 22
Key Texts
Philosophical Pornography	p. 85
Utopian Fantasy	p. 115
Political Slander	p. 137
Do Books Cause Revolutions?
Diffusion vs. Discourse	p. 169
Communication Networks	p. 181
The History of Political Libel	p. 198
Reader Response	p. 217
Public Opinion	p. 232
"Philosophical Books": A Short Anthology
Therese Philosophe, ou memoires pour servir a l'histoire du P. Dirrag et de Mlle Eradice (Therese Philosophe, Or, Memoirs About the Affair Between Father Dirrag and Mademoiselle Eradice)	p. 249
Probably 1748; probably written by Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens
L'An deux mille quatre cent quarante, reve s'il en fut jamais (The Year 2440: A Dream If Ever There Was One)
"Amsterdam, 1771" Louis-Sebastien Mercier	p. 300
Anecdotes sur Mme la comtesse du Barry (Anecdotes About Mme la comtesse du Barry)	p. 337
"London, 1775," probably written by Mathieu-Francois Pidansat de Mairobert
Notes	p. 391
Index	p. 429
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